Martin Luther High School - Phalanx Yearbook (Greendale, WI)

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'EHEQK 1516 EA X te 3 1979 Greendale, Wisconsin Final Editionw artin Luther Wrestlers I 11'1 Sometimes surprises happen, and sometimes the surprise which very well might have happened never makes it. Martin Luther wrestling coach Ted Richter thought it could hap- pen. and it did, as his Spartans surprised Racine Lutheran on Janu- ary 29-22. Coach Richter said determina- tion was the key to the Spartan vic- tory. sirzgling out sophomore Dan Luedke at 145 pounds and heavyweight Tim Moravek as hav- ing wrestled especially well. With the score at 23-22 going into the final match, Mc-ravek pinned his man to preserve the victory. All in all. the kids wrestled .bet- ter, Coach Rrch'er said, adding that the Racine Lutheran coach told him that the Spartans had surprised. him. Coach Gary Merrie! said that the strong point ofthe team has been Girls Basketball Fortunes Mixed Martin Luther lost to Racine Prairie 35-33. on November 28, to GfCf3ll.aClfl. 47-30, on November 30, and to Divine Savior-Holy Angels, 32-24, in the conference opener on December 7. ileth Bruening led the Spartans with eight points in the hrsi game, and teamed up with Sheri l.aBodda in the second game to lead with nine points apiece. Lone Senior Lisa Shilling scored ll points in the loss to Divine Savior. defense, noting especially the play of Lorraine Bruening. Offense has been the prnlnem in the losses, however, especially free throw shooting. Against Divine Savior, the Spartans ltit on only 8 out of 28 foul shots, The Spartans are very young, with three and sometimes four Sophomores starting. Coach Menzel said they arc improving weekly. and will do all right once the girls get acclamatcd to varsity basketball. As for the upcoming conference schedule, he promised wc're going to surprise some teams. s Bucket cores Very Low A tw-i week layoffcnn either be a blessing or a curse. This year it proved to be both. Martin Luther's boys basketball team picked up right where they left off hefore the Christmas break and played Hezozeptiorrally' well ir. a close non-conference loss so St. Joseph at Kenosha on January 5, Coach Al hoepize said. After grabbing a 25-24 halftime lead, Martin Luther fell victim to foul trouble in the fourth -quarter and St. Joseph slipped to a 68-.37 victory. St. Joseph's starting guards com- bined for 36 points, but this was not what killed the Spartans, Coach Koepke said. Kenosha pulled ahead in the fourth quarter after rvlartiri Luther center Dave Leuthy 'fouled out, opening up the middle for the home team. ft! the end, the Spartans were unable to keep up with the Scoring of their opponents as their three high-scorers, Leuthy, Don ieiter, and Don Smith, were cramped by foul trouble. Leifer also fouled out. while Smith was ineffective late in the game with four fbuls. - I thought we played excep- tionally well,'i Coach Koepke said. T'l was really proud ofthe guys. Smith led Spartan scorers with 17. while Leuthy and Brad Bloom added 10. , Homerooms

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V151 HHAQIEVEI 1515 172 Pagesg 6 Sections 11th Yearg Since 1968 Sunday, Ji I-IO ERGGM partans ove utdoors, Finish Third In Triangular Despite the miserable weather of last week, the Martin Luther track team opened its outdoor season last Wednesday, finishing third in a triangular meet at the University of Wisconsin- Parkside. Kenosha St. Joseph won the three team competition with 70 points while Racine Lutheran grabbed the run- nerup spot with 56 markers. The Spartans, competing in only their second meet of the season, trailed with 36 points. We did well in some events and not so well in others, Martin Luther Coach Phil Herzog said. 92 Homerooms The meet told us what we need to work on, endurance and field events. it also told us-that we should be strong in the sprints and hurdles. Spartan tracksters did win two events in the meet. Paul Povlick captured the 220 yard dash with a clocking of 23.2 seconds and R. G. Luckow hit the tape first in the 360 yard low hurdles with a time of 44.6 seconds. Grabbing second places for the Martin Luther ,squad were Povhck in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet-2 inchesg Dave Bliese, 65 yard high hurdles, 16.3 secondsg Paul Brandt, two mileg Steve Longstaff, mile run, and the 880 yard relay team of Povlick, Luckow. Bliese and Todd Hernke, 1:36.7. Brandt added a third in the mile and Longstaff a third in the two mile. Rounding out Martin Luther's scoring was Jim Drobka, who placed fourth in the high jump with ax leap of 5-8. Martin Luther's effort was hampered because two mem- bers of the squad were out due to injuries. Dave Vig, the team's top pole vaulter, will be out approximately five weeks because of a broken hand and Dan Luedke will be out another week with a sprained ankle.

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